Metro Atlanta Area - Representatives from OSHA, ASSE and Georgia Tech conducted all required
quarterly meeting by teleconferencing, formal meetings and training sessions on the following dates:
7/13/06, 8/11/06 and 9/15/06.

Savannah Area - Representatives from the ASSE, as well as OSHA’s Regional and Savannah Area Offices
held a meeting on 9/12/05, 4/10/06, 5/08/06 and 7/10/06.

Metro-Atlanta OSHA representative conducted numerous safety and health presentation during this
period highlighting the Alliance and outreach material developed by the group

Metro-Atlanta OSHA representative promoted the Alliance during the Association of General
Contractors (AGC) – Georgia Chapter, Annual Super Friday event in March 31, 2006. This event was
conducted at the Law Enforcement Training Center in Forsyth, GA, which is the state’s training
facility for State Troopers and Fire Fighters

In May 2006 (*following the death of a city employee) a Metro-Atlanta OSHA representative
coordinated with the City of Byron, Georgia, to provided the Department of Public Workers
employees with training on the OSHA Excavation and Trenching Standard

The Trenching Safety Training DVD developed by the SAFE Alliance was distributed by the ASSE
Trenching Taskforce Alliance

Products

None

IV. Results

Year

Trenching fatality in Georgia

2002

2

2003

4

2005

0

2006

0

Total

6

*Note: The May 2006 fatality in Byron, GA, is not included in this figure, because
Federal OSHA does not have jurisdiction for public-sector employees in the state.